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Saturday Cinema: Dance with Fred

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Fred Astaire in a studio publicity still for the 1955 film 'Daddy Long Legs'.
20th Century Fox

This week on Saturday Cinema, Lynne Warfel celebrates the music from the films that featured dancer extraordinaire, Fred Astaire.

Not only was Astaire a great hoofer, but he's also credited with bringing many a song into the Great American Songbook and into the top hits of the 30s and 40s.

Playlist

Arr. Alexander Courage: Tribute to Fred Astaire
Williams/Boston Pops Orchestra
Philips 412132

Gershwin: Gershwin in Hollywood Overture
Mauceri/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Philips 434274

Porter: night and Day
McGlinn/London Sinfonietta
EMI 68589

Porter: Begin the Beguine
Jenny Lin, piano
Steinway and Sons 30011

Gershwin: Funny Face Overture
Fiedler/Boston Pops Orchestra
London 460612

Lane: Overture to Finian's Rainbow
Geminagni/New York City Opera Orchestra
Music Masters 670019

Comden/Greene: That's Entertainment
Williams/Boston Pops Orchestra
Philips 416499

Listen to Saturday Cinema at 10 a.m. on Classical MPR.

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